PAWS offers chance to adopt

Beautiful weather and huge crowds gave ample opportunity to spread the message of animal rescue work among both our great volunteer groups and the parish shelter. Always, after this annual event, the one enduring hope is people will respond by taking a fine dog or cat into their families.

This Saturday, starting at noon, PAWS will present its monthly Pet Adoption Day at PETCO, a great chance to follow up and take action. As past stories in our paper have detailed, the need has never been more acute.

Far too many good animals, many former pets, wander the streets and woods around here. They usually meet a bad and painful end.

Fortunately a sizable number of families and individuals already have responded and now enjoy the friendly company of four-legged household members. Others, for various reasons, cannot have pets on their premises. For all these, there are are other important areas where they can render valuable service in the days preceeding our monthly adoptions.

PAWS badly needs volunteers to help bathe and otherwise prepare those chosen for these special events. To get on board requires only that one contact the PAWS website via e-mail at pawsnela@yahoo.com.

And certainly coming out to lend moral support this Saturday would be appreciated. This year has started out on a very positive note with our successful parade; let's continue to make the work of PAWS and the many animal groups around northeastern Louisiana a most worthwhile endeavor.

Larry LaBarrere

West Monroe

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PAWS offers chance to adopt

The recent PAWS Mardi Gras parade was a rousing success.Beautiful weather and huge crowds gave ample opportunity to spread the message of animal rescue work among both our great volunteer groups and